• Product Manager - Merchandise Financial Planning

    Insight Global (Deerfield, IL)


    Job Description

    Insight Global's client is looking for a Product Manager to join their team to help with a large implementation of Anaplan for their Merchandising Financial Planning tool. On a day to day, the Product Manager will participate in typical product management responsibilities such as stakeholder management, grooming of stories, working with the engineering team. They will be responsible for prioritizing the features, managing the product backlog and overseeing Agile development sprints. The project plan is complete, functional design is done, they would really be managing the execution of it, using their domain knowledge, partnering with Anaplan to make sure things are moving.

     

    The ideal candidate would have experience with top down and bottom up planning of merchandising. Understanding of the Gregorian calendar versus the holiday calendar, etc. An understanding of 4-5-4 retail calendar which is a widely used merchandising and financial planning tool in the retail industry. It helps retailers align financial reporting with seasonal shopping trends by structuring the fiscal year into 4-week, 5-week, and 4-week quarters.

     

    We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected] learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

     

    Skills and Requirements

     

    -5-10 of Product Management Experience

     

    -5 years of Merchandise Financial Planning experience (Oracle, SAS, Anaplan, BlueYonder)

    -Retail experience

    -JIRA or ADO

    -Assortment Optimization – if they know MFP they will know this. -Anaplan experience- 2 -3 years of Anaplan experience